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The new strategy to develop bone shows greater similarity to limb skeleton development in the body, says Sourabh Ghosh (right).

IIT researchers 3D bioprint load-bearing bones

Development biology pathway by which load-bearing bones form was mimicked

Our experiments revealed that the harmonic mean of population size cannot predict extent of adaptation, says Sutirth Dey (left).

IISER Pune develops new model of evolution of bacterial colonies

Shubashree Desikan

The expression of immune cell-associated markers were studied in people with pulmonary TB.

New markers to monitor TB treatment

Aswathi Pacha It is a pilot study involving just 15 people with TB

People from the same family studied shared some genetic variations while also having unique ones.

Mutations that influence bipolar disorder, schizophrenia identified

R. Prasad Researchers have identified 42 rare mutations in the genes implicated in very severe mental disorders

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A bee collecting pollen from a flower in Kirkkonummi, Finland.

Scientists create bee vaccine to fight off ‘insect apocalypse’

AFP The insects are vital as they help fertilise three out of four crops around the world

Cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko conducting a spacewalk outside the ISS.

Cosmonauts spacewalk to the ‘mystery hole’

AFP Take samples of a cavity in Soyuz

Medical Detection Dogs group found dogs can detect cancers and malaria.

Animals as medical diagnosticians

D. Balasubramanian Our veterinary institutions might want to think about the feasibility of this idea by choosing, training and deploying animals

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A photo of the monolithic statue of Gautam Buddha which stands in the middle of lake Hussain Sagar in Hyderabad, India.

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ISRO’s GSAT-7A to add more heft to Air Force

Cuba's scorpion pain remedy

Mars InSight lander seen in first images from space

AI can predict risk of infection after surgery

Study shows dramatic impact of Australian shark culls

IISER Pune develops new model of evolution of bacterial colonies

Mutations that influence bipolar disorder, schizophrenia identified

Researchers have identified 42 rare mutations in the genes implicated in very severe mental disorders

IIT researchers 3D bioprint load-bearing bones

Development biology pathway by which load-bearing bones form was mimicked

New markers to monitor TB treatment

It is a pilot study involving just 15 people with TB

Watch: Why Are Some Sunsets Purple?

There can be a whole host of reasons we may see a purple sky - dust, pollution, water droplets, and cloud formations can all influence the colors of

Scientists create bee vaccine to fight off ‘insect apocalypse’

The insects are vital as they help fertilise three out of four crops around the world

The Hindu Science Quiz: What does it mean to be a planet, and more

What does the word planet mean? What is the source of the sun's energy? For answers, and more questions, take this quiz.

Watch | Gear up for Geminid Meteor Shower

Star-lovers and sky-enthusiasts can enjoy a meteor shower display on December 13 after 10 p.m., and in the early morning hours of December 14, if

NASA’s Juno set to reach halfway mark of Jupiter mission

NASA’s solar-powered Juno spacecraft will soon reach the halfway point in data collection of Jupiter when it makes its 16th science pass of the gas

Eyes may help measure mental workload

Our eyes could serve as a window to how stressed we are, say scientists who found that pupil dilation can be used to indicate the mental workload of

Cosmonauts spacewalk to the ‘mystery hole’

Take samples of a cavity in Soyuz

Water traces found on asteroid Bennu

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx probe found hydrogen and oxygen molecules embedded on its rocky surface

India plans deep dive for seabed minerals

“We are exploring Mars, we are exploring the moon, why don't we explore our own oceans?”

Listen | NASA's InSight lander captures sounds of Mars

It landed on Mars on November 26

Next, GSAT-11 awaits ₹200 crore ground system

Gateways in four cities to deliver high-speed broadband via giant satellite

China’s rover on mission to uncover moon’s ‘dark side’

Chang’e-4 is humanity’s first probe to explore the far side of the moon

Hot ocean water led to mass extinction: study

Volcanoes caused temperature rise, depleting oxygen in sea

Parrot gene reveals clue on longevity

Scientists have sequenced the genome of the blue-fronted Amazon parrot, unveiling new insights into longevity and highly developed cognitive abilities

Animals as medical diagnosticians

Our veterinary institutions might want to think about the feasibility of this idea by choosing, training and deploying animals

Are drugs discharged into the Yamuna toxic to aquatic life?

Discharge of drug-containing effluents can cause drug resistance

‘Sun in a box’ system to store renewable energy

Concentrated solar power requires vast fields of huge mirrors

IISER Kolkata team develops method to simulate, predict solar activity over ten years

An important reason to understand sunspots is that they affect space weather

Two dozen papers by IIT Dhanbad faculty retracted so far

With 24 and 26 retractions in one year, Dr. Rashmi Madhuri and Dr. Prashant Sharma, who are Assistant Professors at Indian Institute of Technology

The Hindu Science Quiz: Let there be light

We have seen the fireflies. And we all know about jellyfish. They are among a lot of organisms that produce their own light. This week’s quiz is about them.

Raising crops in arsenic contaminated soil

The chemical is carcinogenic and is naturally found in water supplies and soil, particularly in parts of North-east India and Bangladesh.

India’s heaviest satellite GSAT-11 is aloft in space from Kourou

Weighing about 5,854 kg, the GSAT-11, built by ISRO, is to enable much faster Internet services than now to users down home over the next 15 years.

Soyuz spacecraft launches for first time since aborted mission

A Soyuz rocket carrying Russian, American and Canadian astronauts took off from Kazakhstan and reached orbit on Monday, in the first manned mission

An evening with Jonathan Drori, the tree man

Jonathan Drori has worked with trees around the world, and is now telling their story, through their perspectives

NASA’s Osiris-Rex spacecraft is asteroid Bennu’s first visitor in billions of years

Carbon-rich asteroid Bennu, which could hold evidence dating back to the beginning of our solar system 4.5 billion years ago, is an astronomical time capsule.

Soyuz: first manned mission to ISS since October failure

The spacecraft entered the orbit and will stay on course for six-and-a-half months

The Hindu Explains: Watch | Why Do Whales Strand?

Fifty-one pilot whales died on Friday in another mass stranding in New Zealand, less than a week after 145 pilot whales and nine pygmy killer whales

How smartphones are disrupting your sleep decoded

Certain cells in the eye process ambient light and reset our internal clocks

TeamIndus hitches a ride to the moon with NASA

For now it is the only Indian element in the NASA lunar scheme and has been tasked with doing “lander engineering”.

IIT Bombay: New way to characterise thickness of layered 2D materials

Characterisation of thickness would be important in designing futuristic devices

IISER Pune’s novel anode increases Li-ion capacity, quickens charging

Silicon nanoparticle-phosphorene composite was used to fabricate the anode

Genetically Modified Embryos

According to CNN.com, "Chinese scientist He Jiankui announced to the world [on Youtube] that he successfully used the gene-editing tool CRISPR-Cas9 to

The Hindu Science Quiz: A weighty issue, father of AI and more

Who coined the term Artificial Intelligence? Why was the unit of mass redefined? To know the answers, and more interesting questions, take this quiz.

ISRO plans to make Gaganyaan mission indigenous

The space agency is aiming to undertake the first unmanned programme under the Gaganyaan project by December 2020. If Gaganyaan is successful, India would become the fourth nation to achieve the feat.

China halts work by team on gene-edited babies

Chinese Vice Minister of Science and Technology Xu Nanping told state broadcaster CCTV that his ministry is strongly opposed to the efforts that

ISRO's PSLV-C43 successfully places HysIS, 30 foreign satellites in respective orbits

This is the 13th flight of the core-alone version and 45th launch of the PSLV.

ISRO all set for launch of HysIS satellite

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman K. Sivan has said the countdown for the launch of the prestigious HysIS satellite is running

China scientist defends gene-editing babies

The Chinese scientist who claims to have created the world’s first genetically-edited babies defended the highly controversial procedure on Wednesday,

‘Siberian unicorns’ lived during Neanderthal era: study

Genetic analyses have shown that the Siberian unicorn was the last surviving member of a unique family of rhinos

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